Spike Lee is using his moment on the Oscars red carpet to make a nostalgic fashion statement.
We gotta make a choice, the filmmaker said to PEOPLE and EWs J.D.
Heyman and Lola Ogunnaike on the Oscars carpet, in the video above.

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Which ones it gonna be?
he asked, making his own choice by dropping the HATE hand to his side.
Its a tale of good and evil, Radio Raheem says of his jewelry in the film.

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One hand is always fighting the other hand, and the left hand is kicking much ass.
I mean, it looks like the right hand, LOVE, is finished.
But hold on, stop the presses the right hand is coming back.
For the closing credits ofBlacKkKlansman, Lee used a rare recording of Prince singing Mary Dont You Weep.
The director also wore the rings to the films Cannes screening in May.